Des MacHale: Comic Sections Plus


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Comic Sections Plus is a revised and greatly expanded edition of the hugely popular book Comic Sections, published by Boole Press in 1993, and now long out of print. It is the biggest (and best!) compendium of material ever published relating to mathematical jokes, anecdotes, humour, wit and wisdom. The author writes:


The funniest jokes in mathematics -- Alex Bellos, The Guardian
In an age of extreme educational earnestness (where a Poisson distribution question about fish seems to be the nearest that A level examiners get to a joke), I can heartily recommend this delightful compendium which, like its predecessor, not only tickles the fancy, but provides much food for thought. --- Nick Lord, Math Gazette, March 2024.
Comments on the old edition:
I enjoyed Comic Sections very much. --- Martin Gardner (Letter to the author)
... mathematicians are, well, a rather funny group of people. --- Donald Casadonte (Humor Journal 9 no 1 pp 98-100)
This excellent book of jokes is just what has been missing from the mathematical community. If the book can make mathematicians laugh, think what it can do for you. --- Vasileios Symeonidis
When very logical mathematics and very illogical humor intersect ... --- Margaret M. Urban (The Mathematics Teacher 88, no 1)
A valuable resource for commonrooms ... --- (American Mathematical Monthly October 1994)
an irresistible counterexample ... --- Nick Lord (Math Gazette 78 no 482)

Des MacHale was born in Castlebar, Co.Mayo, Ireland,. some time ago. He holds

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